Feminist Electrification: the Power Africa Needs By Sudiksha Battineni Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/feminist-electrification-the-power-africa-needs/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Rare_Earths_a_New_Technological_and_Industrial_Dream_in_Brazil_UN_Reforms_Include_Painful_Staff_Redu WASHINGTON DC, Aug 25 2025 (IPS) - Chad is one of the most extreme examples of energy poverty, with just 10% of the population connected to electricity, a rural electrification rate below 2%, and a global per capita electricity consumption rate that’s just 18% of the global average. This hinders its economic development. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.